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London 2012 Olympic Games: What the men said pre-race
06/08/12 - We spoke to some of the athletes who will compete in the Men’s Triathlon Competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, about their pre-race preparations, how the race will pan out, what they noticed from... |
Full StoryAustralian women’s team finalised for London 2012
12/06/12 - Emma Moffatt, Erin Densham and Emma Jackson will make up the women’s Australian Olympic team for the triathlon event at the London 2012 Olympic Games. In a nation of numerous world class triathletes,... |
Full StoryAustralian men’s team named for London 2012 Olympic Games
04/06/12 - Beijing Olympians Brad Kahlefeldt and Courtney Atkinson will make their second Games appearance, joined by young-gun Brendan Sexton, after the Australian Olympic Committee today named its men’s team for... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Qualifying Update after San Diego
16/05/12 - The two-year ITU Olympic Qualification Period is almost at an end after the penultimate race in the city where triathlon was invented. The ITU World Triathlon San Diego held plenty of hopes and dreams,... |
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Jonathan Brownlee starts 2012 season with dominating win in San Diego
13/05/12 - Great Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee kicked off his Olympic season with a dominant performance in San Diego, winning his second ITU World Triathlon Series event ahead of Switzerland’s Sven Riederer and... |
Full StoryLondon Olympic qualifying update after Huatulco, before San Diego
10/05/12 - As the third race left in the official Olympic qualification period, the Huatulco ITU Triathlon World Cup always had the potential to impact the Olympic simulation in a major way. And while it didn’t... |
Full StoryOlympic Qualification Update after Le Morne and Tateyama Continental Championships
11/04/12 - In the home straight of the London 2012 Olympics qualifying period, which officially closes on May 31st, we’ll take a look at the Olympics rankings simulator after every major race. This week it’s a... |
Full StoryMooloolaba pre-race Press Conference Highlights
23/03/12 - Three-time Mooloolaba champion Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS), two-time ITU World Champion Emma Moffatt (AUS), the No.1 Elite Women’s seed Andrea Hewitt (NZL) and her partner, and No.2 Elite Men’s seed, Laurent... |
Full Story2012 Olympic qualifying update after Oceania Championships
15/03/12 - After New Zealand claimed both Oceania spots heading into Beijing in 2008, Australian high performance manager Michael Flynn said taking those two spots at the 2012 Devonport OTU Oceania Triathlon... |
Full StoryBrendan Sexton the top man at 2012 OTU Oceania Championships in Devonport
10/03/12 - Australia’s Brendan Sexton turned an unexpected opportunity into the best possible result in Australia on Saturday, when he claimed his first Elite Men’s Oceania Championship in Devonport. Sexton put in... |
Full StoryEpic trans-Tasman battle set for 2012 Devonport OTU Oceania Championships
05/03/12 - The Oceania Championships are always a tough trans-Tasman battle between two powerful triathlon nations: Australia and New Zealand. This weekend the 2012 Devonport OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships,... |
Full StoryQ&A with Courtney Atkinson
01/05/11 - We asked you via our Facebook page to submit your questions to Australian superstar Courtney Atkinson and he’s generously taken time out of his busy training schedule to answer a selection of them. Each... |
Full Story Who will be the 2011 ITU World Champion? Men’s Preview
31/03/11 - It’s that time of the year again; a time for legends to be made; a time for champions to be challenged and a time for the best racing triathlon has to offer. The Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World... |
Full StoryMooloolaba Press Conference Highlights
25/03/11 - Australia’s top triathletes met with the media today at the pre-race press conference for the Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup. Although not racing tomorrow, Emma Snowsill attended and talked about... |
Full StoryA heady field ready to open the 2011 World Cup season in Mooloolaba
21/03/11 - A top international field will take to the Mooloolaba course for the first ITU World Cup in 2011 this weekend. Click here to follow the races live! While Australians have historically done well on the... |
Full StoryPhoto Of The Year: Week Three Result
20/11/10 - A definite winner this week with double the votes of its closest rival - a landslide victory. With a strong South American following as noted in the comments below the article, this image is definitely... |
Full Story2010 In Review: Madrid
17/11/10 - The road to London 2012 officially began in Madrid as Olympic qualifying started at the third leg of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series. The event marked the eighth consecutive... |
Full Story Kitzbühel Preview
10/08/10 - The Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series moves to Kitzbühel, Austria, for the penultimate event of the Series this weekend. With only 8,400 residents, the ski resort in the Austrian Alps... |
Full Story Top Triathletes Head to Hamburg for World’s Biggest Tri
14/07/10 - Round four of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series heads to Hamburg this weekend as part of the world’s largest triathlon. The event will take place alongside the Hamburg City Man... |
Full Story Don Takes Top Prize at Hy-Vee
14/06/10 - Great Britain’s Tim Don took home the $200,000 top prize at today’s Hy-Vee Elite Cup in Des Moines, breaking away from the field at the start of the run to win in 1:50:20. New Zealand’s Kris Gemmell... |
Full Story Unbeatable Brownlee Scores Repeat Win in Madrid
06/06/10 - Reigning ITU World Champion Alistair Brownlee proved that even an injury can’t slow him down, as the 22-year-old Brit won on a very hot day at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Madrid for... |
Full Story Frodeno Sprints to Victory in Seoul
08/05/10 - Jan Frodeno, the 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist, won a thrilling sprint to the finish over Australia’s Courtney Atkinson at today’s Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Seoul. Frodeno and... |
Full Story Atkinson and Gomez Out, Moffatt Likely for Series Opener
05/04/10 - Courtney Atkinson has been forced to withdraw from the opening race of the Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series in Sydney this Sunday, after failing to recover fully from a... |
Full StoryDark Horses Abound in Mooloolaba
26/03/10 - Only one week ago the battle for this year’s first World Cup title appeared to be a showdown between world number two Javier Gomez, reigning Mooloolaba champion Courtney Atkinson and perennial Aussie... |
Full StoryGomez Out, Atkinson Hopeful For Mooloolaba
24/03/10 - Spain’s Javier Gomez has withdrawn from the 2010 Mooloolaba ITU World Cup just days out from the season opener. The world number two is devastated at the news and is now in doubt for the opening round... |
Full Story2010 World Cup Season Kicks Off This Weekend
24/03/10 - The 2010 ITU Triathlon World Cup series kicks off this weekend on Australia’s Sunshine Coast. More than 80 elite athletes from around the globe will descend on Mooloolaba, officially signaling the... |
Full StoryAtkinson in doubt for Mooloolaba
22/03/10 - 2009 Mooloolaba ITU World Cup champion Courtney Atkinson is in doubt for this weekend’s race as he battles to overcome a stomach bug that struck him down and hampered his preparation. “If the... |
Full Story Exclusive Video: Courtney Atkinson
17/11/09 - Our third Exclusive Video of the series looks at the incredible relationship between Courtney Atkinson and the Japanese island of Ishigaki, the location of the longest standing ITU Triathlon World Cup.... |
Full StoryMen’s Press Conference Reactions
10/09/09 - The top guys in the world were present at the mens athlete press conference ahead of their race on Saturday, with Alistair Brownlee, Javier Gomez, Maik Petzold and the Australian pairing of Brad... |
Full Story Brownlee Wins Back To Back in DC
21/06/09 - The men got the racing underway shortly after 9am with a 1500m two lap swim in the Potomac River. Heavy rains in the days preceding the race raised the water level and generated some strong currents which... |
Full StoryAthlete Impressions Of Madrid
02/06/09 - As the dust settles after the 2009 Madrid Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship race, we take a look at what the athletes are saying following their exertions in the Spanish heat. Women’s... |
Full Story Brownlee Destroys Field in Spain
31/05/09 - Although the mens race lacked the excitement of a sprint finish it too provided some exceptionally compelling competition as talented young Brit, Alistair Brownlee, put himself on the map with a dominant... |
Full Story Docherty Wins By An Inch
03/05/09 - Bevan Docherty from New Zealand outsprinted Australias Brad Kahlefeldt to win the opening leg of the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series as they crossed the line together in 1:50:25. A... |
Full Story Atkinson Makes it Two in a Row
26/04/09 - Courtney Atkinson of Australia stormed home for his second world cup victory of the year at the 2009 Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cup this Sunday. This is Atkinsons fourth win at the Ishigaki race since... |
Full StoryAthletes Looking Forward to Racing
25/04/09 - Australia’s Courtney Atkinson has become a legendary figure on the Japanese island of Ishigaki as the three time winner looks forward to a tough race on Sunday afternoon. “The conditions here are pretty... |
Full StoryAtkinson Returns to Ishigaki
20/04/09 - The picturesque Japanese island of Ishigaki welcomes triathlon back to its shores for the fourteenth time this weekend as the ITU Triathlon World Cup circuit descends on the longest standing World Cup... |
Full Story Atkinson Wins on Home Soil
29/03/09 - Australia’s Courtney Atkinson won his home race at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast in a time of 1:52:05 to kick start his 2009 season. Kris Gemmell from New Zealand ran strongly for second to prevent... |
Full StoryNZL and AUS Champs this weekend
01/03/09 - The Triathlon meccas of Australia and New Zealand heat up this weekend with their respective national championships in Perth and Wellington. Both races double as ITU Oceania Cups. Please see below for... |
Full StoryOceania Champs Preview
18/02/09 - This Sunday, international athletes will have the opportunity to test the waters of this years Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Grand Final in Gold Coast, Australia at the Gold Coast OTF... |
Full StoryOlympic Odyssey: The Men
01/08/08 - Former World Number one Chris Hill takes us to Beijing through the athletes eyes This week Olympic Odyssey looks at six male athletes racing the Games in mini profiles, visiting their website diaries for... |
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